A starboard bow view of the bawley Thistle (1887) under sail in the Thames Estuary during the sailing of the Tollesbury Match.

A starboard bow view of the bawley Thistle (1887) under sail in the Thames Estuary during the sailing of the Tollesbury Match. She is on the port tack in a good breeze. She has a red staysail and mainsail and a white foresail. Her port number 2RR is painted on her hull. A vertical format negative.

Object Details

ID: N86950CT
Type: Colour transparency
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Weston, Derek Richard
Vessels: Thistle (1887)
Date made: 14 September 1985
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements: Overall: 61 mm x 51 mm